Cambridge IELTS 9 · Listening · Test 2 · Part 3
The Future of Self Access Centre — IELTS Listening Answers
All 10 answers for The Future of Self Access Centre, Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 2 Part 3, with the transcript evidence and an explanation for each.
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The Future of Self Access Centre answer key at a glance
Questions 21–30. Tap an answer to see the evidence.
What this part tests
This part is tested with One Choice (Q21–24). Each section below gives the strategy for that question type, the answers, and the sentence that proves them.
Questions 21–24: One Choice
Strategy: Read the question stem and predict the answer before looking at the options. Wrong options often repeat words from the audio while the correct one paraphrases them.
“The majority of students say that they enjoy using it because it provides a variation on the classroom routine and they see it as a pretty major component of their course”
C: most students 'enjoy using it because it provides a variation on the classroom routine' and see it as a major component.
“Some of us also think that we could benefit a lot more by relocating the Self-Access Centre to the main University library building”
B: students think they 'could benefit a lot more by relocating the Self-Access Centre to the main University library building'.
“Well, the library is big enough to incorporate the Self-Access Centre, but it wouldn't be like a class activity anymore. Our main worry would be not being able to go to a teacher for advice. I'm sure there would be plenty of things to do but we really need teachers to help us choose the best activities”
B: the main worry is 'not being able to go to a teacher for advice' — they need teachers to help choose activities.
“It's not so much the expense that I'm worried about, and we've certainly got room to do it, but it's the problem of timetabling a teacher to be in there outside class hours”
C: money and space are not the issue; the problem is 'timetabling a teacher to be in there outside class hours'.
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Frequently asked questions
Where does the The Future of Self Access Centre listening section come from?
It is Part 3 of Cambridge IELTS 9 Listening Test 2, and it covers Questions 21–30.
What question types appear in The Future of Self Access Centre?
The part is tested with One Choice. Each type is explained on this page, alongside the answers.
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